republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-130.md

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Bill	Office of Probate Judge of Johnson County; future nonpartisan elections; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Johnson County, who also serves as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Johnson County, shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 130	Georgia SB 130 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Jesse Stone	4	13	1	2019-02-19	2020-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6098c465-98b4-49e1-bc7f-c6bfcad98cbe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6087a809f89a850ae3d2e0f8f717b4eeb0b626dd16e69e2b5bf332260aab46a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 130 (2019_20) — Office of Probate Judge of Johnson County; future nonpartisan elections; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Johnson County, who also serves as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Johnson County, shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 44 1043 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 130/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. SB130 ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jesse Stone — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-19 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 195 executive-signature
• 2020-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6098c465-98b4-49e1-bc7f-c6bfcad98cbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).